Example sentences of "[noun sg] that appear to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another protein that appears to be left out of this picture is RasGRF , a mammalian Ras activator with a more restricted tissue distribution than the Sos proteins . |
| 2 | Even the horse that appears to be a loner needs the herd . |
| 3 | Hill goes on : ‘ I also have to state that I am staggered at the amount of money that appears to be owing and am at a loss to understand how such a situation has been reached . |
| 4 | He dreamed of going out in glory , winning the best-platoon prize — a dream that appeared to be shattered when he saw Ken and his barrack mates arrive . |
| 5 | At the time of Baghoomian 's disappearance , he was engaged in a bitter legal battle with the Basquiat estate , a battle that appeared to be weighing decisively in the estate 's favour . |
| 6 | Though the levels are still low , it is their slow accumulation that appears to be important . |
| 7 | Iraqi mujaheddin are fighting a guerrilla campaign that appears to be growing in scope and intensity . |
| 8 | The ultimate source is Sir John Hawkins , who remarks , in what appears to be a personal recollection , that Handel had ‘ a favourite Rucker harpsichord , the keys whereof , by incessant practise , were hollowed like the bowl of a spoon ’ In justice to Hawkins it must be stated that he does have a reputation for being , for his time , a careful scholar , so it is unfortunate that this brief , almost casual remark , should have been embellished with a little fanciful romancing that appears to be added only to enliven his text with some colourful anecdote . |
| 9 | THE seeds of popular revolt that appear to be taking root across Romania were sown last Thursday in the north-western town of Timisoara when President Nicolae Ceausescu 's security forces moved to evict the Protestant pastor , Laszlo Tokes , who has long been a thorn in the side of the regime . |
| 10 | Moreover , it is not only the quantity but also the composition ( or ‘ quality ’ ) of the North-South drift that appears to be affecting the balance between the two parts of the country . |
| 11 | This structure extends over 0.3° ( 45pc ) but is part of an even more extensive 1° ( 140pc ) -shaped lobe that appears to be perpendicular to the plane and is reminiscent of the prominences and flares that protrude from the surface of the Sun ( Fig. 6 a ) . |
| 12 | One kinase that appears to be ideally placed to modulate transcription factor activity is the DNA-dependent protein kinase ( DNA-PK ) that has been shown to phosphorylate a wide variety of transcription factors in vitro . |
| 13 | Two young women were in the room ; one was reading a magazine , the other was stuffing herself into a tight corset of black vinyl that appeared to be a part of a stylised nun 's costume . |
| 14 | Calcium deficiency can lead to osteoporosis , common in older people , which resembles the loss of bone that appears to be a universal phenomenon of ageing ( Exton-Smith , 1971 ) . |
| 15 | On the floor , set in the middle of the elaborate mosaic that appeared to be the building 's sole concession to prettification but was in fact the evidence of its true purpose , were the bundles of artifacts Godolphin brought back from his travels , neatly tied up by Hoi-Polloi Nuits-St-Georges , the knots encrusted with scarlet sealing wax . |
| 16 | Before we move on the actual method of working out this printout , please take a closer look at Figure 1 and notice that , at the bottom left hand corner , there are some blocks of colour that appear to be part of the whole design . |
| 17 | Jafaar was seeking a way in through al-Kassar to Haser and the Magharians , ostensibly to have them launder the clan 's drug profits , and , through Lasser , to explore the unholy alliance that appeared to be in the works between the Syrian and Cali cartels whereby each would not only take the other 's product but also share intelligence , smuggling routes and defensive tactics . |
| 18 | It seemed to take an unreasonably long time and much bad temper , evasion and deliberate obfuscation , together with consultation of a diary that appeared to be alternately blank and covered with scribbled hieroglyphics . |
| 19 | The United Biscuits chairman is , however , concerned that today 's executive finds himself working in a business environment that appears to be in danger of moral decline . |
| 20 | With different degrees of success , two articles venture upon ground that appears to be substantially less well worked than that already considered . |
| 21 | People are frequently not aware that horses need companions ; and to support this idea they may even point out a horse in a paddock that appears to be grazing alone and away from all the other horses . |
| 22 | c , Sgr A , 10pc across , is resolved into Sgr A East , a nonthermal radio source presumably powered by supernovae ( in blue ) , and Sgr , A West , a spiral-like pattern of thermal ionized gas that appears to be falling into the very centre of the Galaxy . |
| 23 | A trend that appeared to be taking hold , indicated by a ‘ static sales , units up ’ Christmas , was a tendency to trade down , a switch to cheaper books . |
| 24 | But it is an aspect that appears to be undergoing significant change . |
| 25 | In the earliest versions , which date from 1959 — 60 , Gironella turns her into a sort of rag doll ; perhaps never more than a well-dressed shell , she is now simply a collage of fragments of coarse , torn cloth that appear to be pasted down with thick smears of paint ( Fig. 5 ) . |
| 26 | Whatever the case , it is not only governments in the Middle East that appear to be more pragmatic now than in the recent past and although anti-TNC rhetoric is still common for public consumption , the line is substantially moderated in regulations for and negotiations with the TNCs . |
| 27 | Despite this cloud that appears to be looming over the industry , it is worthwhile bearing in mind that the impact of interest rates and the poll tax is not felt uniformly across the country or among different groups . |